Using External Storage - Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti

Has anyone determined a method for getting around the later Android build's refusal to allow you to install or forcibly move applications to the Ext SD card? I've tried FolderMount but its VERY situational, and in my experience, it rarely works. I was hoping that people have figured out how to make the Ext SD card more functional for the Note 8.0 since the 6gb of usable space is pretty near useless with 2GB+ games being released now.
Alternately, has anyone checked if the Note 8's internal memory is an SD card and if it could be replaced and then the device reflashed? Say .. with a 64GB ?

You could use the apps2sd script method to swap external memory with internal:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2276193
I did that at first, and it worked great. There are potential issues though, so read the whole thread. I now use Folder Mount.
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any idea for non-rooted ,cause i dont know how to root the At&t variant.

Without root the answer is to wait until Samsung enables it in the ROM, which I doubt will happen.
Also it helps if you pay large games one at a time instead of keeping them all installed. Much like ball in the day when hard drives were only a few hundred megs .
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The leak 4.2.2 Rom for N5110 and the latest 4.2.2 UK Rom for N5120 from Samsung include app2sd. If you would not like to root, you can wait for the official upgrade to 4.2.2.
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[Q] Note II - Apps2sd Issue

I have a Note II (Sprint) and i recently purchased a class 10 64GB Sd card, i rooted my phone and followed Galaxynote2root video on youtube (i can't post link but it's the one about apps2sd) https:// www youtube.com/watch?v=QUF7R0mmk00
It did work, it's showing that i have at least 59GB on my "Internal" and my REAL internal is now showing up as SD with 700mbs.
The Problem: While it shows that i have a lot of space, anything i download is going straight to internal (real) not the 64GB card.
What i want be able to do: - To take all my apps/files from my internal drive and move them to the 64GB SD card
- Have any files i download/install go directly to 64GB SD card
I purchased Titanium backup but it's not moving the files to SD it says it moved but storage app is not counting
I'm so confused if anyone has the time to help me i will greatly appreciate it.
Google in all their wisdom removed app2Sd in Android 4.0 and up. This is why we need a 32 and 64 version off this phone. Make sure your titanium backup defaults to your external as well as the camera to save internal space.
kronium said:
Google in all their wisdom removed app2Sd in Android 4.0 and up. This is why we need a 32 and 64 version off this phone. Make sure your titanium backup defaults to your external as well as the camera to save internal space.
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I know this isn't the ideal solution, but can we at least move the large Data or Obb files onto the extSD card and then move them back when we want to play the game (Like Asphalt 7 and Dark Knight)?
jconway1968 said:
I know this isn't the ideal solution, but can we at least move the large Data or Obb files onto the extSD card and then move them back when we want to play the game (Like Asphalt 7 and Dark Knight)?
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Sadly no. I've not been able to use any kind of apps to do this.
Between Google Music cache, google maps/earth cache, tumbler cache, Bard's Tale, and Asphalt 7 that's using up almost 9gb of space on the internal "card" partition. It's crazy that the Evo3D could easily move apps/data to the SDCard but we've taken such a huge step back with this flaw.
kronium said:
Google in all their wisdom removed app2Sd in Android 4.0 and up. This is why we need a 32 and 64 version off this phone. Make sure your titanium backup defaults to your external as well as the camera to save internal space.
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Huh? There was apps2sd in 3rd party ics builds for my evo4g. It will probably take some time to port it to the various N2 ROMs unless there is some overpowering technical reason for it bot working. N2 is still new and young and devs are still getting the hang of it. Stock OTA might not ever get it but who stays at stock?
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Huh? There was apps2sd in 3rd party ics builds for my evo4g. It will probably take some time to port it to the various N2 ROMs unless there is some overpowering technical reason for it bot working. N2 is still new and young and devs are still getting the hang of it. Stock OTA might not ever get it but who stays at stock?
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In the Play Store description on apps2sd the developer specifically lists the Galaxy Note 2 as a device which is NOT compatible. :crying:, not happy about that one either. Cause with the potential of this device and its display I want to d/l kick ass games but can't plug up my internal storage when I have a perfectly good class 10 32Gb SD card!
The only fix for this to my knowledge at this time(which my knowledge about moving apps to the sd card is not extensive at the moment. I have done a little research. ) the only solution at the time is an available script. Which I saw on Galaxynote2root.com as well. But I am personally not familiar enough with the method nor how it may interact with a custom ROM therefore I am personally waiting for either a clearer description of the process or a different method all together.
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I got it guys!
Okay
The video teaches you how to flip your SDcard for the Internal, so the phone thinks you are installing on the internal but it's actually the SD (CONFUSING LOL) So when i went to titanium pro, i was super confused with the whole "Move to SD" i didn't know if it was moving to SD or the Internal since i flipped it was all super confusing to me i'm new to android, i've had an iPhone since the first one and decided to get a Note II about a week ago.
So what i did was just deleted all my apps, followed the video and installed all the apps again from the play store and it went to the 64GB card!!! So yay :highfive:
Apps/games run great not even lag at all, camera/videos save to 64GB so i'm really happy.
Careful with that card. Definitely not as reliable as internal memory. Especially if your taxing it with everyday constant use .
I just ran into this issue, no space at all! I just realized that my titanium had been installing to my internal.
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Tw1sted247 said:
In the Play Store description on apps2sd the developer specifically lists the Galaxy Note 2 as a device which is NOT compatible. :crying:, not happy about that one either. Cause with the potential of this device and its display I want to d/l kick ass games but can't plug up my internal storage when I have a perfectly good class 10 32Gb SD card!
The only fix for this to my knowledge at this time(which my knowledge about moving apps to the sd card is not extensive at the moment. I have done a little research. ) the only solution at the time is an available script. Which I saw on Galaxynote2root.com as well. But I am personally not familiar enough with the method nor how it may interact with a custom ROM therefore I am personally waiting for either a clearer description of the process or a different method all together.
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Cry no more... This worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262&highlight=note+2
Jusy make sure you read all the posts.
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jconway1968 said:
Cry no more... This worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262&highlight=note+2
Jusy make sure you read all the posts.
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Not all 105 pages though right?
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Not all 105 pages though right?
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At least the first several... and this one for sure...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34291347&postcount=1001
Good luck and don't forget to hit the thanks button if I help you...
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jconway1968 said:
At least the first several... and this one for sure...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34291347&postcount=1001
Good luck and don't forget to hit the thanks button if I help you...
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Says I don't have enough space to install wtf
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Highly disappointed with lack of app2sd RANT

Partially my fault for not researching jellybean...just read about how smooth it was & didnt expect them to take features away. I recall reading the article about the bs reason saying people confuse the internal & external memory. U would think they wouldve learned from wp7 when they took away sd support & started being like apple. I figured it was bs article. I wasnt even planning on buying a phone but my 4g slide tapped out after a few case less drops. I was just gonna buy another mytouch since theres not much of high end qwerty selection but gn2 note caught my eye.
I was sort of mad too, but around 10gb for apps has been plenty for me when I put everything else on external memory.
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Note_2 said:
I was sort of mad too, but around 10gb for apps has been plenty for me when I put everything else on external memory.
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Im deleting apps all the time to be able to get new one.
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There has to be a way around this...
It's not that people confuse the memory. The problem is that when an app is put onto your SD card, it cannot sync correctly with the operating system. Therefore, Google is doing what they can to keep users from putting apps onto their SD cards. Hence the lack of the SD slot in Nexus devices.
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It's not that people confuse the memory. The problem is that when an app is put onto your SD card, it cannot sync correctly with the operating system. Therefore, Google is doing what they can to keep users from putting apps onto their SD cards. Hence the lack of the SD slot in Nexus devices.
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u sound like a pr rep lol...im still a android newbie but Ive never have ne problems with apps relating to my sd. If a app/game works best or only on the phones memory most developers ive came have stated up front it even back to my wm days.
I'm pissed at this too. This app2sd and the "no more free tethering" thing is pushing me over the edge to go rooted.
I'll never buy a Nexus because of their flawed philosophy that Google has adopted:
1. Non removable battery.
2. No removable storage. "Everything belongs in the Cloud" I call BS!
I've got a 64 Gb SD card that's somewhat useless if I can't install apps on it. And since only the 16 Gb versions of the Note 2 are in circulation it's very disappointing.
The ship has sailed. Google hates external storage. Don't expect to ever see official OS support for it going forward. It's irritating but reality.
I agree this is total bs. I will not buy another phone that doesnt have external sd. Had an Htc one S and I hated it for that reason. (sense is terrible also)
Hope there's an easy fix soon since I use the GN2 as my table and smartphone now. Didn't have any issues before since I had most games on my N7 but now I'm out of room
There are work arounds. But real fix as of this date.
This is Samsung following Google wishes. I just hope the GN3 will have at least 64gb of internal storage. Then we can use the SD the way Google wants SD cards used. The worst part is that many apps that download media content into your device doesn't allow to save the media content within the extSdCard. That is really annoying. Without being able to use the extSdCard as a media content storage then what does Google expect we use SD cards for?
Samsung is part in fault too. Samsung is well known to put too little storage and main memory into PPC devices. I remember my Samsung Omnia i910. I had to move so many files from the main memory into the storage memory and even into SD card. Then I had to work on other files, like the registry, ini files, etc.. to point to the files I moved. All just to get more space within the main memory for more apps. Windows OS, even Windows Mobile, added major files within the Windows directory every time you install another app that took so much room within the smallest main memory. Samsung is doing similar with GN2. 10gb is barely any room now days with Android.
Samsung needs to lead the pack all the way. SD card, large screen and large capacity of removable battery, 1.6 quad-core, 2gb RAM is not enough to lead the pack all the way. They also need to lead the pack with 1080+ res screen and 64gb+ internal storage memory. I feel that Samsung miss the "leader of the pack" mark with GN2. Samsung needs to realize they are competing against other Androids as well as iPhone.
But the blame starts at Google on app2sd issue.
Switch internal to external(sdcard)
want to have more app storage space for your HD games and what not, here’s a simple App2SD script you can use to store all of your apps on your microSD card. *This will essentially swap your internal storage with your microSD card and allow you to use up to 64GB of space (if you use 64GB microSD card).This should work on all the Galaxy Note 2, test on international GT-N7100, T-Mobile SGH-T889, and Sprint SPH-L900.
Step 1. First, you will need a rooted Galaxy Note 2. *This will work on any custom ROMs except CM10 or AOKP.
Step 2. Second, I highly recommend you to format your microSD card before using this. *Also, after formatting you can copy the contents of your internal storage to your microSD card
Step 3. Download the script on your phone: downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyNote2/app2sdNote2
Step 4. Install and open Script Manager app on Play Store.
Step 5. Using Script Manager app, find the app2sd script on your microSD card and enable “SU” and “Boot”. Step 6. Reboot. *You should now see your microSD card used as internal storage and internal storage as microSD card.
Will this work with a rooted phone but with stock rom? How effective is this method?
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I've been running the storage swap script for a couple months now with no issues. I've used it on stock based roms kernel s along with custom ones as well. I'm using a 32GB fat 32 and am not sure if it supports exfat on 64 cards. Go look for it via search. It's in the sgs3 section somewhere. It's truly a lifesaver for us app/game hoarders
Ill look into that i have a 64gb card i would really like to put to use i only have 2gb available after only 4 games, do you have a link don where to get instructions and files?
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This really is more of an issue with app developers not allowing data to be stored on extsdcard. They would only need to pop up a box with options of were to store the large data files. It could look like this:
search device for sdcard implementation (/sdcard, /extsdcard, /sdacard/ext/, etc.)
pop-up box displays radio button with each storage location, really cool deb's would add option for custom location.
Set location to variable, use variable throughout program.
Just my 2 cents, I think that either this needs to occur or google require a set way of implementing internal/external SD cards.
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Root and install Directory Bind
I was disappointed too and only got 1gb left on my internal and have 64 gb almost unused mSD. So I finally decided to root my phone and install Directory Bind.
Working as intended now.
I have a post in the themes & apps forum with an app I found on the market that let's you store your game data onto an sd card.
It's called gl2sd, you can check in that forum (there's a direct link to it), or just search the market.
Not sure it supports exfat, but it's worth a quick look.
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_Dennis_ said:
This really is more of an issue with app developers not allowing data to be stored on extsdcard. They would only need to pop up a box with options of were to store the large data files. It could look like this:
search device for sdcard implementation (/sdcard, /extsdcard, /sdacard/ext/, etc.)
pop-up box displays radio button with each storage location, really cool deb's would add option for custom location.
Set location to variable, use variable throughout program.
Just my 2 cents, I think that either this needs to occur or google require a set way of implementing internal/external SD cards.
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Excellent point, friend! You always make good/useful comments and could always use more users like you.:highfive: A few minor points, I do miss move to sd option so the lack of kinda falls in line with this forced move to dropbox, cloud, lack of sd card etc. Oh sh!t don't get me started on the Nextel line these days. I have to say the manufacturers and Google are just as responsible as developers. They're all guilty really lol Besides those poor moves though, Android is doing great. I am so glad I preordered that G1 many moons ago. I guess its all who you ask I guess and sometimes we are stuck in our old ways... even us techies. Fo example, I was really stubborn about qwertys and surprisingly don't miss it. So who knows? It's either we're too stubborn to change or we don't like being told what to do.... maybe both Either way, the storage swap script works flawlessly once you set it up properly. As I mentioned earlier, not sure about 64 exfat but I'm sure you can switch it to fat 32 plus all you cm10 fans will have done this already. Hope that helps some...
I use this app to move big data files to the external sd https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slf.ListglApp&hl=en
I also use this app to get around the "insufficient storage" error that sometimes occurs https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD

Saving apps to sd card?

Hey all. I currently have a Galaxy S 3with Sprint. I am considering coming over to T-mobile with a note 3. With the GS3 apps couldnt be saved to the sd card. Devs made a work around to trick the phone into thinking the sd storage was onboard storage and the onboard storage was sd storage. Does the Note 3 not allow apps to sde either? If so has this work around been created yet or is it being worked on? Thanks!
For most there is little point since the phone has 32gb of internal storage. The application manager has the ability to move apps to the sdcard if they can be already though.
Keep in mind it only moves the App not the App Data. However there are ways to put App Data on the SD card. I use foldermount in the play store to do just that.
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So I would be able to transfer my music to sd card? Thats my main concern since I have over 30 gigs of music...
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So I would be able to transfer my music to sd card? Thats my main concern since I have over 30 gigs of music...
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I'm assuming by music, you mean your Google Music cache and pinned songs? If so, FolderMount isn't designed for this (I tried once), and you instead need to root your phone, then install the Xposed framework (here on XDA in the dev thread), followed by the Music2SD module (on Google Play). It's a godsend.
((You might as well install the Wanam module while you're at it, but I rank Music2SD above it in terms of importance to me, and is the reason I found and installed Xposed in the first place a couple months ago when Google removed the unofficial external SDCard support.))
Thank me later
They also have the same mod they had for note 2 ext2intsdcard mod that mattiadj created (whenever you get your note 3 just shoot me a pm) and yes the note 3 does allow apps2sd, I have over 500+ apps installed and over 17gb+ left on internal
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What can be saved to the SD card?

I'm torn between buying the Tab Pro 8.4 and the 2013 32GB Nexus 7. I like the 8" form factor, but I'm a bit hesitant about only having 16GB of internal storage. I haven't used a device with an SD card slot in quite some time, so I'm wondering how well an Android 4.4 device handles it.
Can the large files that are downloaded by many games to the /Android/obb folder and /Android/data folder be put on the SD card?
Can cached content for Play Music/Play Movies be pushed to the SD card?
Those are my two big ones. Any feedback?
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I'm torn between buying the Tab Pro 8.4 and the 2013 32GB Nexus 7. I like the 8" form factor, but I'm a bit hesitant about only having 16GB of internal storage. I haven't used a device with an SD card slot in quite some time, so I'm wondering how well an Android 4.4 device handles it.
Can the large files that are downloaded by many games to the /Android/obb folder and /Android/data folder be put on the SD card?
Can cached content for Play Music/Play Movies be pushed to the SD card?
Those are my two big ones. Any feedback?
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The latest versions of Android do not play well with SD drives. There is a thread about this here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2656151
Once you do THIS, you can use the SD card for pretty much anything. I'd also note that most, if not all, custom ROM's that will be available in the future will have the media_rw issue patched.
raptir said:
I'm torn between buying the Tab Pro 8.4 and the 2013 32GB Nexus 7. I like the 8" form factor, but I'm a bit hesitant about only having 16GB of internal storage. I haven't used a device with an SD card slot in quite some time, so I'm wondering how well an Android 4.4 device handles it.
Can the large files that are downloaded by many games to the /Android/obb folder and /Android/data folder be put on the SD card?
Can cached content for Play Music/Play Movies be pushed to the SD card?
Those are my two big ones. Any feedback?
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The Samsung My Files can copy and paste to the ext-sd so you can download to sd then transfer. Also from your PC you copy to the ext-sd. As stated above to give all apps access to the ext-sd you will need to root and add the permission.
I have 35 games on my tab 8.4 and i have been able to install almost all of themto my sd card. The only ones i havent been able to move to sd are the grand theft auto games.
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All you have to do is go to application manager and select move to sd. You dont need to mess around with the file manager.
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I loaded quite a number on the SD card as well without a single issue.
It is very simple to do. Using Tab Pro 8.4.
The sdcard non-rewritable problem is getting worse on me, I spent $15 USD buying a movie from Google movie and even their own app has option to save the movie onto sdcard, it couldn't be saved at the end.
will a fix from Samsung put an end to this stupidity? Or we should wait until Google releases 5.0?
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The sdcard non-rewritable problem is getting worse on me, I spent $15 USD buying a movie from Google movie and even their own app has option to save the movie onto sdcard, it couldn't be saved at the end. <br />
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will a fix from Samsung put an end to this stupidity? Or we should wait until Google releases 5.0?<br />
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You won't get any fix from Google. Samsung elected to do their own setup of the external storage rather than the Google recommended config. That's up to Samsung to fix.
The problem is that only about 10% of an app is actually getting moved to the sd card. I installed 4 games. All which can be moved over to the sd card. Very little was moved and my internal storage is full. Took it and my note 8 to best buy and the guys at samsung desk said that was just how samsung does the app to sd. So I returned the 8.4 as I was going to use it for gaming. I need more memory space
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Indeed the one flaw of this great tablet.
You can for now only get the 16gb version, so I topped it up with 64gb. Now only realizing you can hardly move stuff around. What's the logic in that?!?
For once I don't want to go through the hassle of root etc, but it seems we are left no choice...
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Use FolderMount, works great for me
wjharing said:
Indeed the one flaw of this great tablet.
You can for now only get the 16gb version, so I topped it up with 64gb. Now only realizing you can hardly move stuff around. What's the logic in that?!?
For once I don't want to go through the hassle of root etc, but it seems we are left no choice...
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Also was facing this situation with a GPS/NAV program that was taking over 4 GB of "internal" space due to the many maps installed, read about FolderMount and installed the free edition from the android market (you need to be rooted), easy to use and it nicely mapped and moved the folder from internal to SD-card memory, freeing + 4 GB for me ... I guess this will work with most other apps/games as well ...
Marcher
I don't know what's different for me but i have a 32gb card just about maxed out with google all access music and google play movies(6 or 8 HD files). Everything plays fine, no issues.
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I don't know what's different for me but i have a 32gb card just about maxed out with google all access music and google play movies(6 or 8 HD files). Everything plays fine, no issues.
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The media (audio/video/pictures) will automatically start using the external SD, that part is working perfectly by default.
The problem is when you install those large games (or indeed satnav maps). All that game data should ideally be saved on the external SD, but this is not working properly. I have some of those Gameloft 1gb games, and when I press 'move to sd', all it moves is the 25mb application, while I would like to have seen the whole 1gb of data to be moved across.
Installed a 64gb card and moved what I could over to it...how do I refresh my menu icons as the ones that got moved are now dark ghost ones.
Thanks,
KC

Note 7 Adoptable Storage?

Has anybody tried the method of formatting an sd card into a partition for the note 7 the way it was done for the s7 and s7 edge?
There is no reason not to work!
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Yes if you mean Modaco
hamza_theclue said:
Has anybody tried the method of formatting an sd card into a partition for the note 7 the way it was done for the s7 and s7 edge?
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Yes if you mean Modaco version (ADB), there are other ways but I'm not a expert like that.
EDIT: Unless I did it wrong, didn't work. Probably Note 7 different upgraded touchwiz or something.
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Has anybody tried the method of formatting an sd card into a partition for the note 7 the way it was done for the s7 and s7 edge?
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Might have to disappoint you as it seems Note 7 doesn't support adoptable storage.
http://m.androidcentral.com/things-know-about-galaxy-note-7s-sd-card-slot
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Might have to disappoint you as it seems Note 7 doesn't support adoptable storage.
http://m.androidcentral.com/things-know-about-galaxy-note-7s-sd-card-slot
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Good to know, I tried the adb method but it didn't work for me, I just wanted to know if it was my mistake or if it just wasent gonna work.
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It's a method of bypassing a security feature. They have to close down these exploits because they want a bigger share of the enterprise market. Most companies aren't too keen on letting people receive sensitive data on an insecure device.
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This is extremely aggravating. Adopted storage can be made to be just as secure. What a pain in the arse these locked down phones are! I'd rather sacrifice most of these "security" features for freedom.
I hate adaptable storage
Is it still necessary with a 64gb phone? What would be the advantages? Just curious
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So what happens to the internal storage after you make the SD card adoptable?
Also there's a setting in the browser to set download to SD card.
But I see your point.
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If I am not wrong adoptable storage breaks your phone if you remove the SD card. And another phone won't read it.
I constantly switch SD cards and copy files from and to my friend's phones because it is faster than wireless methods.
Adoptable storage is good for people who just keep their SD card in all the time
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This is extremely aggravating. Adopted storage can be made to be just as secure. What a pain in the arse these locked down phones are! I'd rather sacrifice most of these "security" features for freedom.
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Might as well give up our guns for "security" while we are at it! Haha
xtzi said:
If I am not wrong adoptable storage breaks your phone if you remove the SD card. And another phone won't read it.
I constantly switch SD cards and copy files from and to my friend's phones because it is faster than wireless methods.
Adoptable storage is good for people who just keep their SD card in all the time
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If I understand it correctly, adoptable storage also lets you set up partitions on your SDcard. So part of it will still work just like in the past, therefore allowing you to still have a user defined section of it available to still transfer data by popping the card in and out of various devices. This would be the best of both worlds.
As a mobile gamer, I SERIOUSLY hope someone finds a way to incorporate adoptable storage on the Note 7!!!! The data folders for HD games are so big these days that with just 20 HD games or so I have almost run out of storage space already on my 64GB Note 7. I have rooted all of my previous Note devices for this very reason (in order to store game data on the external card), but was hoping that the Note 7 could be the first one that I would NOT have to root. Now Samsung has screwed this up AGAIN...just like last time with the Note 5 where there was no SDcard used at all.
If anyone can figure out a way to use adoptable storage on the Note 7, it will be tremendously appreciated!!!!!!!! Thx.
aznmode said:
Is it still necessary with a 64gb phone? What would be the advantages? Just curious
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The ways in which someone could use a memory card formatted in a typical manner is restricted. In a nut shell the phone treats it as a source for content like music or videos, but won't let you copy applications and other types of content to it. This also means that data that some applications use can't be moved to the cards. Applications that are for consuming content (ex: an audio book reader or a video player) potentially could use a lot of memory and there's no way to save it in anything other than the device's main memory. I personally struggle with 64-gigs. The Note 5 didn't have a memory card option at all. I have a GS7 and enabled it's memory card to be used as adoptable storage and it works great for my needs/demands. I had been hoping that between the 64 gigs built into the Note 7 and the 256 gig memory card available for it that I would have more than enough. But hearing the news in this thread strongly disappointments me.
Batman8 said:
If I understand it correctly, adoptable storage also lets you set up partitions on your SDcard. So part of it will still work just like in the past, therefore allowing you to still have a user defined section of it available to still transfer data by popping the card in and out of various devices. This would be the best of both worlds.
As a mobile gamer, I SERIOUSLY hope someone finds a way to incorporate adoptable storage on the Note 7!!!! The data folders for HD games are so big these days that with just 20 HD games or so I have almost run out of storage space already on my 64GB Note 7. I have rooted all of my previous Note devices for this very reason (in order to store game data on the external card), but was hoping that the Note 7 could be the first one that I would NOT have to root. Now Samsung has screwed this up AGAIN...just like last time with the Note 5 where there was no SDcard used at all.
If anyone can figure out a way to use adoptable storage on the Note 7, it will be tremendously appreciated!!!!!!!! Thx.
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I don't have a link or anything but there is a no root method of doing it now. People just tend to advise not using it that way as if the card becomes corrupted for any reason it may negatively affect your internal HD. Also if the card us removed for any reason it can create problems because the OS isn't set up to react to the HD being removed.
I have no experience with it myself but that's what I read about it. Biggest use the SD card would have is utilizing some of it as RAM when a root releases officially but other than that everything I've read advised using it for storage only.
Kind if sad since I got the SD card ad a promo gift but hopefully all that space will come in handy as the phone updates or gets more root love.
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lorenzobjuarez said:
Well, that is EXACTLY what we are referring to in this thread. The source that you do not have the link to in order to enable Adoptable Storage on any device is referred to as the "ADB Modaco Adoptable Storage Method". It is supposed to work on ANY Marshmallow device, but for some reason as some of us have tested, it DOES NOT WORK on the Note 7. Samsung probably found out about it and BLOCKED it just because they think they know what's best. Its STUPID!!! Its a stock Android feature & should have been left alone!
Now my fear is that they somehow break this method on the S7 &S7 Edge with their stupid "Grace UI" update & it would have been pointless for me to exchange my Note 7.
Will be disabling "System Updates" with Debloater on my S7 Edge... try blocking THAT!!!
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Just finding this it now! I've been expectantly waiting for my 256 Gig SD card just so that I could partition it and use part for adoptable storage. I am beyond belief that Samsung has blocked it! Damn them!

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